1. Failure to Thrive -- A Retrospective Profile.
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Shaheen, Eleanor, Alexander, Doris, Truskowsky, Marie, and Barbero, Giulio J.
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FAILURE to thrive syndrome ,CHILD development deviations ,GROWTH disorders ,INFANT diseases ,SYNDROMES in children ,JUVENILE diseases ,PEDIATRICS ,MEDICINE - Abstract
This paper presents the incidence of growth failure in 44 patients for which no organic cause was discovered after investigation. This group of patients, collectively termed failure-to-thrive, represents the second largest diagnostic category of patients with growth failure admitted to a children's hospital in one year. An examination of various features of this group from a review of the medical and psychosocial histories is made and changes in growth patterns in hospitalization and follow up are documented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1968
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